Diet and Life Style

[Guest guest]

Heya,

I am curious as to what others with autoimmune liver issues have done to

try and give things a better outcome.

Reading online is very confusing, because it all adds to avoid

everything!

This is what I have been doing, not sure its all the best choices.

1. (Low Fat) Because fat is hard on the liver, my cholesterol is high

and it might help me from getting other health problems ontop of this.

2. (Low Salt) Because my blood pressure is a litte hight and its

apparently hard on the liver too.

3. (Low Sugar) Because sugar causes inflammation and auto-immune diease

in part an inflammation diease.

4. (Low Processed foods) Because all the chemicals in them are probably

hard on the liver.

5. (Low HFCS) Becaue its in general really bad for people and supposedly

ups liver damage.

6. (No Gluteon) because my blood test was suspicous for celiacs and it

brought my liver numbers down!

7. High fruits and veggies - cause they are healthy!

8. Moderate protien (too much is hard on the liver, but some is needed

for healing)

9. Moderate caffine (too much is possibly hard on the liver, although

some new study says a few cups a slow the process of cirroshis, so I

figure 1-2 cups is okay).

10. Lots of water! (because its good not t get dehydrated.

I am not sure if I should think about lowering dairy, cause some places

say Caesin is bad for people with auto-immune liver diease or not. But I

also feel like I still need to eat some foods!

Then I wonder if the nightshade family is possibly and issue, because of

the whole nightshade/lupus/RA/Auto-immune diease thing. But again, I

still need some foods and no potatoes and no gluteon would be really

hard.

Then I have been trying to work out. Hard when so exhausted, in nursing

school and raising a special needs son, but I am trying.

Then I take a multi-vitamin, calicum and vita d - because people with

pbc have a high risk of osteoporisis and some have malabortpion of

vitamins.

Then I am taking fish oil and borage oil, because together they are said

to fight inflammation and I figure if I a wrong,t his is probably

harmless.

I am avoiding all those herbal drugs for liver issues, like milk thistle

and dandelion, cause my doc said to and I figure I could do harm if I am

wrong.

My doctor also there is not much diet and life style that ones needs to

do this, but it makes me feel better to at least try and do what I can

to give things a better outcome.

But I wonder what others do?

Missy

35, CO, AIH/PBC stage 2, dx 2/11